Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 329

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Chapter 329

[After we finish searching, the first thing we need to do is hunt.]
[Lain? Let’s at least decide on a Camp Site location before we go.]
[Camp Site? It’s already decided.]
[Where?]
[We don’t have a choice but to set up here, right? Hehehehe?]
[My goodness. Everyone, it seems Lain really wants to have some fun with us.]

-Baldhead’s laughing!
-Not baldhead—
-Lain ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ so they’re building houses facing each other ㅋㅋㅋ
-Madmen understand each other, I guess

The expert team found a spot with a clear view of Seo Jun’s Crocodile Skin.
Then they began to undress.
They’d found signs of wild animals on the island, but time was pressing now.
They needed to secure minimal food as quickly as possible and get straight to building their camp.

[Oh. I see quite a lot of crabs here. Mm.]

Lain without clothes in the wild is formidable.
Coconuts and Bamboo.
And crabs.
Lain began hunting whatever came his way, while Bear finished preparing to catch fish.

[I saw plenty of fish earlier. I’ll be catching them using this Spear. It’s difficult without rubber bands in the water, though.]

Bear picked up the Spear made of Bamboo and shrugged his shoulders.

[I think I can manage it reasonably well.]

They shifted their goal from demonstrating survival to winning the Race itself.
This showed in the confidence of Lain and Bear, who were lying on the Beach laughing mischievously as they caught crabs.
And so their hunting scene passed in the blink of an eye.

-Time really flies on the broadcast and in reality too
-Oh, an hour passed and they’ve caught this much? Wow
-Four fish caught ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Too bad there aren’t any big crabs

“That’s right. There don’t seem to be any large crabs here right now. Though there are lobsters?”
As Bear caught even a lobster, the hunting came to an end after one hour.

[Phew! We’re in good shape.]
[Indeed we are.]
[Let’s start a fire right now.]

Lain picked up the Machete and went to grab the dry leaves he’d collected during the search.
Then he found a solid-looking stone, laid the dry leaves on the ground, and began striking the stone with his blade.
At first, carefully.
Then, rapidly.
Sparks flew.
Lain’s goal was to attach those sparks to the dry leaves to create a fire spark.
It was work that took some time, and while Bear gathered suitable branches and waited, he picked up the Telescope.

[Hey, Lain.]
[What?]
[Their fire went out over there?]
[Ah-ha!]
[The smoke’s stopped rising.]
[Fire really does require baby-like care. Hehe.]

As Lain struck the stone with his blade clang-clang, he laughed with glee.
Bear likewise broke into a grin at the good news.
Bear’s narration came through.

[The other camp will have to spend more time and energy relighting their fire. This is good news for us. I can see a thread we can follow to catch up.]

In a calm voice.

[Finding the Flag on the island could take any amount of time. That’s why we need sufficient rest in a proper camp and food. Seo Jun’s team should have enough food. And as you can see, their camp is perfect.]

Just as Bear said, all of Seo Jun’s conditions were excellent.
He’d caught a crocodile that size—how could his food supply be insufficient?

[It doesn’t make sense, but it appears they’ve done proper Smoking? Maybe not, but something feels right about it. The camp also keeps out wind and rain, and looks comfortable to rest in. This is a very bad situation for us, but…]

Soon Bear’s voice came, no longer narration but broadcast commentary.

[He’s still lying in the shelter bed. Lain.]
[Well, that’s fortunate.]
[Yes, fortunate indeed. If he’s going to be that leisurely.]

Then Bear’s view through the Telescope appeared on screen again, and narration flowed.

[At that time, I thought this: fighting humans is better than fighting nature. He’s already shown incredible survival skills and caught a crocodile, so he’ll be resting with confidence, but nature never lets its guard down. However…]

-But what????
-Why again ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Didn’t the Founder not know the value of fire?
-Real though
-Maybe he was just sleepy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ like he’s on vacation?
-Go start a fire, past Founder!

Seo Jun simply laughed at the chat’s response.
“Everyone, think about why this narration is coming at this point in time.”
Seo Jun, who’d been in Bear’s line of sight, wakes from sleep.
Then he looks around briefly, picks up the Telescope, and meets Bear’s eyes.
Then he waves his hand.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ so bright ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Like “Oh, you came too?” ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The Founder greeting with Crocodile Skin and then acting innocent
-Maybe he was tired from working hard yesterday? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ a camp like that could’ve kept him up
-True ㅋㅋㅋ
-Yeah, the fire would’ve gone out

And Seo Jun, confirming the fire had gone out, trudges over, picks up the Long Sword stuck nearby, and returns to where the fire spark had been.

[Ha. Lain, Seo Jun’s noticed the fire went out too. He’s awake and heading over now. Huh? Huh?]

And Seo Jun swung his blade down.
At the stone.
If Lain had carefully struck the stone with his blade to transfer the spark precisely to the Tinder of Hay, Seo Jun simply swung his sword at the stone.
Sparks flew.
But the situation unfolding was strange.
Seo Jun released the blade and picked up the Hay from the ground, then began shaking it.
He was injecting air.
To revive the flame spark.
Bear’s voice trembled.

[Wait. You don’t mean…. Did the fire spark catch? In one try?]
[Huh? Bear? What did you say?]

Whoosh!
With just one swing of his blade, Seo Jun had ignited the fire spark.
He hadn’t needed to tend the fire at all.

-Click??????
-?????
-???
-Lain’s striking away ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ while the Founder goes click! ㅋㅋㅋ
-Did he maybe surround the stone with Hay so the sparks would catch anywhere?
-No way. This guy can control even the sparks themselves. Just by swinging the blade down
-Wait… is that even human?

[Ah, no. Lain?]
[Yeah?]
[Quick, get that fire going. I’ll go grab more camp materials.]
[Hehe. Go ahead.]

Bear moved quickly. And Seo Jun yawned in the distance.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Bear’s not bothering to tell him the reality
-He’s even grabbing the Telescope ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-He’s choosing not to tell him the reality
-Founder!!!! You’re so blade-like!

[I don’t understand what the hell is happening, but one thing is certain. Something more fearsome than nature has just descended upon me. To be honest. I was terrified.]

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ scarier than nature ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

With Bear’s narration, time shifted to the past.

* * *

“I’ll start the fire myself. Since you’ve already done the hunting.”
With the butchering finished, Baek Do-yul speaks calmly.
“Mm.”
“I haven’t tried it before, but I should be able to start a fire in a few hours. With a blade and a hard stone, sparks from—…”
Seo Jun fell into brief thought.
‘He seems keen on surpassing me.’
Baek Do-yul doesn’t dampen his enthusiasm.
Thanks to that same drive, he’s said to have surpassed Shin Ha-yeon.
I see.
‘I should encourage him.’
“Understood. Then while you work on starting the fire, I’ll begin preparations for Smoking.”
“Yes? How?”
And Smoking?
“Like this.”
Seo Jun quietly laid down a pile of dry leaves to serve as Tinder next to a large stone, then picked up the Long Sword that had been stuck nearby.
And the moment the blade struck the stone, a spark flew out and caught on the dry leaves.
In just one attempt.
Once the fire spark appeared, Seo Jun picked up the pile of leaves, created good airflow, coaxed the flame larger, and approached Baek Do-yul.
“There. Do it like this, and you’ll have fire. In the meantime, I….”
“….”
“Ah. To do Smoking, I need to prepare wood, so I can’t give you the blade. We’ll practice starting fires another time.”
Seo Jun added kindling to the Hay pile as flames rose, speaking to Baek Do-yul.
“….”
Has his spirit been broken?
Damn it.
A blunder.
“…!”
No, it wasn’t broken.
That’s also a blunder.
I won’t explain why that’s also a blunder.
“Understood. Let’s go prepare the wood, Seo Jun! But will the Smoking work?”
“Yes. I think we’ll be able to make charcoal from the wood around here.”
There’s only one blade.
In a situation like this, to have two people build the camp and various Smoking facilities, what should they do?
“Then I’ll find the right location for it. I’ll go out, fell trees, turn them into kindling—everything!”
Baek Do-yul, without a blade, spoke with unyielding determination to do his share.
“Understood.”
Seo Jun nodded. Then he chopped down a nearby Bamboo stalk.
“Let’s replenish your fluids first.”

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A madman.
Back in Korea, Baek Do-yul had practiced starting fires with sparks while a fire extinguisher stood ready.
It could’ve been called playing with fire, but just because a spark lands doesn’t mean flames roar to life.
At best, a fire spark generates.
And even that has a very low success rate.
Yet he’d done it in one try, just casually laying down Hay and striking a stone to start a fire.
He had to be a madman.
‘My spirit’s about to break.’
My heart.
My enthusiasm.
My competitive drive.
I push them back to flame again. Continuously.
‘Damn it.’
Gritting his teeth, Baek Do-yul replenished his fluids from the water inside the Bamboo he’d been given.
“Let me take a look around! Just prepare some more kindling in the meantime.”
“Yes.”
Meat spoils quickly.
So what’s needed is Smoking, and to smoke, charcoal is necessary.
To make charcoal, you need suitable wood.
Fortunately, he discovered that what littered the area was precisely suitable wood.
Then you burn the wood kindling sealed off from air.
It’s possible.
But won’t the meat spoil in the meantime?
‘I thought starting the fire would take an hour, but that ended in one try.’
Even so, chopping the kindling would take an hour.
And building something like a smoker—wouldn’t that also take an hour?
In the shade away from sunlight it would be cool with breeze, and since Seo Jun said it’s possible time-wise, he moved quickly, but he’s not sure. Maybe they should just roast it to eat well today and search for the Flag instead of bothering with Smoking.
Still, Baek Do-yul diligently followed Seo Jun’s orders.
Because he knew that just doing what he’s told feels comfortable.
Moving inland a bit, he found a suitable spot.
There was a Pond some distance from the Camp Site location.
He wasn’t certain if the fresh water was safe to drink, but the mud around it made it perfect as a container for making charcoal.
He gathered suitable leaves with effort and hurried back.
And he could see it.
Kindling prepared perfectly.
Wood trunks thicker than a human arm were all neatly cut and arranged.
“How?”
“With the Long Sword.”
“…?”
“Wood has real grain, but anyway, let’s go. Carry these as we move.”
A sufficient amount of kindling had been prepared.
Ten minutes?
At most that long.
It was too fast.
This was wrong.
Completely unrealistic.
A Long Sword, not a diamond axe.
Ah.
‘My spirit’s breaking again from fear.’
Get a grip.

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